Below is a comprehensive list of Labor Day festivities, September 5th, 2016 in Lexington and surrounding areas for the holiday weekend, as well as time changes, delays and closings.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 HOLIDAY WEEKEND EVENTS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Bluegrass Classic Dog Show at Kentucky Horse Park (through Monday)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
Red White & Boom Music Festival at Whitaker Bank Ballpark (through Sunday)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
UK Football vs Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles
Holiday Trash Collection in Lexington
The Division of Waste Management will adjust its collection schedule for the upcoming Labor Day holiday on Monday, September 5, 2016. Residents who normally receive Monday pick-up will receive their collection service on Wednesday, Sept. 7th. No collection will be made on the holiday. Residents who normally receive residential pick-up on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays will be serviced as usual.
Residents who normally receive Monday pick-up should set their Herbies, Rosies and Lennies out after 4 pm on Tuesday, September 6, 2016.
Businesses that have city waste management services for their dumpsters (landfill-bound and recycling) normally receiving pick-up on Mondays will have their units picked up on Tuesday, September 6th. Businesses normally having pick-ups on Tuesdays will have their units serviced on Wednesday, September 7th. Thursday and Friday pick-ups will be made as usual.
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government offices, as well as the Lexington Recycling Center, the City’s Electronic Recycling Center and the Haley Pike Waste Management Facility will be closed on the holiday.
For more information, contact LexCall at 311 or (859) 425-2255.
Lexington’s pools at Shillito, Woodland and Tates Creek will be open from 11-6 on Labor Day. This is the last day the pools will be open for the 2016 season.
Closed in Lexington
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government offices, as well as the Lexington Recycling Center, the City’s Electronic Recycling Center and the Haley Pike Waste Management Facility will be closed on the holiday.
All Lexington Public Library locations will be closed on Labor Day.
LexTran will operate on a Sunday transit schedule for Labor Day.
Post offices are closed for Labor Day, and there will be no mail delivery.
Banks will be closed for Labor Day.
Grocery stores, including Kroger, Meijer, Wal-Mart, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, and Good Foods will be open during regular hours on Labor Day.
Where to Eat (and drink) in Lexington, Labor Day 2016: What’s Open, What’s Closed?
Alfalfa’s is closed on Labor 2016, as well as Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Bluegrass Hospitality Group restaurants are open regular hours for Labor Day 2016 in Lexington (Malone’s, Drake’s, etc. — open Labor Day 2016).
Blue Door Smokehouse is closed Labor Day 2016
Bourbon n’ Toulouse is closed Labor Day 2016
Charlie Brown’s is open Labor Day 2016
Chatham’s is open Labor Day 2016
Country Boy Brewing is open Labor Day 2016
Lexington Diner is open Labor Day 2016
The Local Taco is open Labor Day 2016
Stella’s Kentucky Deli is closed Labor Day 2016
West Sixth Brewing is open Labor Day 2016
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